Are you planning a visit to Glacier National Park this fall? As this video shows, at this time of year the park is usually quieter, trees are turning colors, and wildlife activity increases. However, make sure to plan ahead and be prepared for reduced services and possible weather-related closures. Although many trees in the park have already reached the height of their color, expect a second wave of gold as larch trees, a deciduous conifer that loses its needles, have yet to reach their peak!�

With glaciers slowly grinding their way down from icefields and snow-capped peaks into bottomless fjords – the Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve is a geography lesson writ large. Simply put, Glacier Bay Park is vast, covering just shy of 13,000 km2 of southeast Alaska, roughly the same size as the US state of Connecticut. However, aptly enough, the park is just the tip of the iceberg as this wild giant stands shoulder to shoulder with Canadian peers, the Tatshenshini-Alsek World Heritage Site